on the show this week we are talking bachelor pad cooking for one with James M Kraus who has a marvellous book out called Jet Age Cooking for the Bachelor, I have some Man from Uncle news for you and some Mad Men news

Some spy action this week as we catch up with a new band to the show Codename Carter, news on the home of some the worlds greatest songs with the Brill Building, sad news on the passing of Marian Mc Partland from NPR plus our world of swank gig guide and the swankiest tunes from across the globe as we broadcast from Sydney's home of Lounge …the Penthouse.

Imagine being at the birthplace of Exotica at the Hawaiian Hilton when exotica was born, what a moment. Well you can experience that feeling when Waitiiki 7 and Jimmy Borges hit the stage later this year, Randy Wong stops by to talk about this concert, Ive got news on my new automotive purchase and we talk about the lost mansions of LA

this week I bring you a band that is bringing back that Bossa Nova sound for the Jetset exotics.......some swank advice on how to automate your life so as to allow for more swank activity.
Of course the only lounge and exotica gig guide returns to the airwaves along with th best lounge and exotica from across the big blue planet!

Have you ever thought about how many songs in the world are about the Moon…long before man landed on the moon out obsession with the moon was well and truly formed. This week in the Cocktail Nation we are going to feature songs of Lounge about the moon….and ofcourse the 1969 moon landing and the words of Neil Armstrong. For the fans of Princess Grace I have news of a movie coming your way about her life plus out look at the world of swank with the best parties from across the globe.

Koop Kooper back with Cocktail nation after a two week vacation and ready to go with the best lounge and exotica sitting on the Hi Fi.
Now tell me, would you consider Frank Sinatra a god? Some people have felt that it would be appropriate to build a church around the chairman of the board....we will find out more about that as I speak to head of the Los Angeles church of Frank Sinatra. We have news on the passing of Louis Primas wife and musical partner Gia Maione and some news on the Tikiyaki Orchestra.

Fresh from flying around in my recent purchase of a 1964 Austin Healey it's Koop Kooper lounging about the Sydney penthouse with chilled drinks, taking in the city lights with the lounge soundtrack draping the penthouse in a technicolor glow.
This week Mr Ho of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica stops by to talk about a new release called Where Here Meets There....plus I've got a Sinatra story as told by Tom Selleck

One of the biggest and most important releases for the neo lounge scene was the 1994 Space age Bachelor pad Music Cd which was produced by Irwin Chusid and was a real game changer for the lounge lotharios ...if you love new music we have you covered with some more new tunes from Codename Carter plus the latest Mr Ho's Orchestrotica from the new album Where Here Meets There.

One of my favourite places is Paris so this week on the show I thought why not honour this marvellous city, this spectacular country with a rich, swank and romantic culture with a playlist of French music and French inspired lounge

There is no doubt about it James Bond is one stylish lounge lothario. To me it doesn't matter what era of Bond you are talking about, they all have that factor swank cool.
This week on the show talking to the curator of a Bond exhibition called Designing Bond, we talk the perils of over collecting and details about a tour to check out to experience the marvelous music of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica along with the best gigs from across the globe.

There is no doubt about it James Bond is one stylish lounge lothario. To me it doesn't matter what era of Bond you are talking about, they all have that factor swank cool.
This week on the show talking to the curator of a Bond exhibition called Designing Bond, we talk the perils of over collecting and details about a tour to check out to experience the marvelous music of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica along with the best gigs from across the globe.

the franchise that is Disney is one of the best known across the globe, the man who began it all, Walt Disney was a man with vision and that vision continued after his death in 1966, this week we talk to a man who has put together book all about the time after Walts Death.
News on a new book from Beachbum Berry and a new series on Kennedys you might have caught on the box

I love it when a new Tiki Bar opens and keeps the Aloha spirit alive, this week I talk to the manager of a new Tiki Bar when has opened on the big Island called Tiki Iniki …continuing on the big island news of a legal battle that Brad Tiki shark Parker has been plunged into and whilst many of us who are into the fifties and sixties culture dress in vintage clothes, collect furniture and drive classic cars this week I will bring you a story of a couple who have gone back…way back to the turn of the century.